Irineo Mujica, an organizer of the spring migrant caravan, was detained by Mexican immigration agents and federal police at a march in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas in support of the new caravan coming up from Guatemala. Three other migrants were arrested as well.
Irine Mujica is from Phoenix.
Irineo Mujica, the director of Pueblo Sin Fronteras, was detained along with three migrants, the organization said in a statement. The detentions took place in the Mexican city of Ciudad Hidalgo near the Guatemala border, where hundreds of migrants, many from Honduras, are gathering for a new US-bound caravan that has been called the "March of the Migrant," or "Caminata del Migrante."
What is a community organizer from Phoenix doing in Guatemala?